For your calendar: the ninth edition of Innovation Origins’ Gerard & Anton Awards will take place on August 31

Innovation Origins - Do you know a start-up from Brainport Eindhoven that deserves to be in the spotlight of the entire community this year? Then submit your nomination for the Gerard & Anton Awards quickly.

Every year, Innovation Origins puts ten start-ups from the Brainport region in the spotlight. These are ten innovative start-ups of which we expect great things in the coming year. A Gerard & Anton Award is waiting for each of these start-ups: not only as a reward for recent development but mainly as an incentive to go even further. The previous eight editions show that this helps: the success rate of the former winners is above average. That conclusion was substantiated last year via the results of the extensive survey of former winners by Strategy Unit and IO.

The selection for the ninth edition of this event takes place with the help of you, the public, and an expert jury led by Alderman Stijn Steenbakkers. The presentation will be on 31 August at 17:00 (location to be announced). Like last year, the presentation is in the hands of Beatrix Bos and Bert-Jan Woertman. Registration for the event starts soon (keep an eye on our website!), but your nominations are already welcome: send them before July 1 to [email protected] Hey, July 1, isn't that very soon? Yes, that is – this way, the jury deliberations can take place before the summer vacations.

Since 2014, we have had a total of 80 winners on stage. As of 2016, this is done under the name "Gerard & Anton Award," after the best-known startup from the region: Philips. Across the board, the success rate of the winning startups is unprecedentedly high: where, on average, about 15-20% of startups are structurally successful, with this group, it is more than 75%.

Among the former winners are well-known names such as:

The bar to put together a good top-10 is high. Who do we want to nominate for this year? Which start-up is still quietly working now but will make a big move tomorrow? Let us know, and in doing so, help the jury prtoduce a long list: [email protected]

All former winners Gerard & Anton Awards:

FlowidNemo HealthcareCivolutionCordianAdditive IndustriesProgression IndustrySapiens/ MedtronicEFFECT PhotonicsSoramaIntrinsic-ID

UtomikSpinControl GearingSmart PhotonicsSmart RoboticsNo Food WastedMedimetricsManus VRIoniqaFistucaAvular

IBIS PowerSendcloudBlueJayGenkeyEtulipTeam FAST / DENSLifesenseG-Therapeutics (ONWARD)MicrosureZens

XeltisTustiPreceyesPlasmacureLightyearHugsyHAAKBitsensorBambi MedicalAmber

ByFlowSalviaPillow's WillowATO Gear (ARION)ZorgdocIPOSOneraMedappStentitUsono

ChromodynamicsEbuscoHableIncoolingMentechRatioSkottySpike (Eleo)TaylorSaldtech

CarbyonEZ factoryRooshTouchwindXYZ DynamicsBright PhotonicsChoice for WomenOrange NXTTech 2BTrue Sim

(there was no award in 2021 because of Corona)

AutoscriberInPhocalVBTIAxelera AIAmbagonCellciusLionvoltRiftPharmiInnoSign

The event is supported by High Tech Campus Eindhoven, Mikrocentrum, Brainport Development, V.O. Patents & Trademarks, The Gate, Kadans Science Partner, EY, Philips Nederland, and Gemeente Eindhoven.